3.0.0 1906 2026-08-05T08:06:17Z 2026-08-05T08:06:17Z House H HR 2025-03-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1906 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BUDZINSKI:H.R. 1906.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H1039]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2025-03-28T20:50:32Z Referred To 2025-03-06T14:01:50Z 2025-03-28 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. Committee 2025-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2025-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001315 Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] Nikki Budzinski D IL 13 N F000475 Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] Brad Finstad R MN 1 2025-03-06 True D000230 Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] Donald Davis D NC G. 1 2025-03-06 True T000490 Rep. Taylor, David [R-OH-2] David Taylor R OH J. 2 2025-03-06 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2025-03-11 False S001218 Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] Melanie Stansbury D NM A. 1 2025-05-08 False C001125 Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] Troy Carter D LA A. 2 2026-08-03 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-05-05T19:05:45Z 00 2025-03-06 Introduced in House 2025-05-09T14:27:22Z Rural Wellness Act

This bill prioritizes behavioral and mental health treatment services under certain rural development grant and loan programs. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2029 the set-asides and prioritizations for substance use disorder treatment services under the Department of Agriculture's (1) Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program, (2) Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program, and (3) Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.

Under the community facilities program, the bill prioritizes direct loans and grants for the development of behavioral and mental health services facilities, including facilities that provide treatment services. Further, loans and grants provided under the program may be used to develop facilities and systems to provide telehealth services for behavioral and mental health treatment.

Under the Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program, the bill prioritizes grants for behavioral and mental health education and treatment.

Under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Program, the bill includes a 17% set-aside for telemedicine projects that provide substance use disorder treatment services (currently a 20% set-aside). 

 

]]> Rural Wellness Act Display Title 45 Rural Wellness Act 2025-03-20T07:08:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Rural Wellness Act 2025-03-20T07:08:18Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To provide for the prioritization of projects that provide behavioral and mental health treatment services in selecting grantees under certain rural development programs, and extend the substance abuse disorder set-aside and priority under the programs. 2025-03-20T07:03:34Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1906ih/xml/BILLS-119hr1906ih.xml 2025-03-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.